Regions / Africa / Uganda
Articles about Uganda, ordered by date. 
Hall of Infamy: Yoweri Museveni
Ugandan autocrat Yoweri Museveni digs his heels in yet again.
The Interview: Betty Bigombe
The intrepid Betty Bigombe talks about her immersive way of negotiating peace with the ultra-violent Lord’s Resistance Army.
‘Let them own their country’
‘Let them think for themselves’, says the ‘ghetto president’, Bobi Wine.
Orphans in limbo
With the Ugandan government announcing it may close down hundreds of illegal orphanages, it is not clear what will happen to the children living in them.
The trauma of history
Sally Hayden writes about the Lukodi massacre museum.
Between a shark and the deep sea
Can a US chain of profit-making schools really help the poor? Patience Akumu reports on the impact of Bridge academies in Uganda.
Pride under pressure in Uganda
The Ugandan LGBT community is under shock after police raided the Ugandan Pride Week, reports Jess Worth.
Why don’t you move to Uganda?
Patience Akumu explains that some African countries host large numbers of refugees.
The anti-gay gospel
How foreign funds amplify hate in Uganda, by Patience Akumu.
John ‘Bosco’ Nyombi: flight and detention
John ‘Bosco’ Nyombi was removed from Britain to months of fear and persecution as a gay man in Uganda. Eventually, a British judge ruled his removal illegal and ordered that he be brought back. He tells Dinyar Godrej about his journey.
Deported: the man in the newspaper
John 'Bosco' Nyombi sought sanctuary in the West from persecution in Uganda – only to spend eight years struggling for his rights.
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